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Welcome to the Biology Class Website

Mr. Pecks Classes 

-wildlife is dangerous!-

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FILM ITEMS

Darwins Dangerous Idea [EVOLUTION]

DARWINS DANGEROUS IDEA VIDEO QUESTIONS

Journey of Man [EVOLUTION]

Journey of Man Video Questions

Map of Human Migration

Interactive Map of Human Migration

HAPLOGROUP ASSIGNMENT

Spencer Wells - Ted Talk

News Article: Genetic Test of 13,000 year old boy.

Lorenzos Oil [MOLECULAR GENETICS]

Film Questions

    Lorenzos Oil - Myth vs Reality

Hugo Moser - Obituary

First Ever Genetic Cure

>pdf (if paywall)

Medical Ethics

>fill in

Medicine Man [ECOLOGY]

Medicine Man Film Questions

Awakenings [BIOCHEMISTRY / HOMEOSTASIS]

Awakenings Film Questions

History of L-Dopa

Side Effects of L-Dopa

Awakenings Thought Essay

GATTACA [BIOTECHNOLOGY]

Film Questions

20-years later - Center for Genetics and Society


Unit I : Methods of Science and Biology

TEXTBOOK

STUDY GUIDE

Part 1 - Characteristics of Life


PowerPoints

Alternate Notes

Video Lecture

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Characteristics of Life Lab - LONG VERSION

>COL No Flash Worksheet

Part 2 - The Scientific Method

PowerPoint

Class Notes

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Video Lecture

The Cricket Lab (2025)





Part 3 - Charts and Graphs


Video Lecture

Graph Types:

  • Line Graphs

  • Bar Graphs

  • Histograms

  • Pie Charts

  • Scatter Plots

Unit II : Biological Chemistry - 

TEXTBOOK

STUDY GUIDE

Alternate: Bio-molecule POGIL

Part 1 - Inorganic Chemistry


Power Point

Class Notes

VIDEO1 - Structure of the Atom

VIDEO2 - Chemical Bonding

>>VIDEO: van der Waals bonds

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PHET Lab - Build an Atom

>>>>>Worksheet Assignment

Virtual Lab - Periodic Table - 5 Journal Questions answered in notebook.

Virtual Lab - Chemical Bonding - 4 Journal Questions answered in notebook.

Determining Bond Type - Complete Attached 'Lab Report' Document.

  >>> Link to LAB HANDOUT

Part 2 - Properties of Water

Power Point

Class Notes

>>[acids and bases]

Video

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Properties of Water Wet Lab

ACID BASE ACTIVITY - All journal questions should be answered in your notebook

ACID BASE ACTIVITY (new) - Complete

Honors Only: Properties of Water

PHeT Solutions Animation

> handout


Part 3 - Biomolecules

Power Point

Class Notes

Bozeman Videos:

   Carbon Diversity

   Carbohydrates

   Fats/Lipids

   Proteins

   Nucleic Acids

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Rudiments - Notes

Nutrition WQ 


Functional Groups Chart

BIOMOLECULES WQ


Unit III : Cytology

TEXTBOOK

Part 1: Procaryotic and Eucaryotic Cells

PRIMARY STUDY GUIDE

>alternate study guide<

Power Point #1

Power Point #2

Class Notes (Interactive)

Video #1

Video #2 - Animal Cells

Video #2 - Plant Cells

*Leeuwenhoek Puppet Show

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Cell Craft (2nd link)

handout

New - Cells Alive Packet

Cells Packet

Cells Activity Packet part 2

Hooke's Micrographia

Leeuwenholk's Animalcules

Part 2: Movement Across Membranes 

STUDY GUIDE

Power Point

Class Notes

Bozeman Video

video: endo/exocytosis

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Osmosis Lab

Cell Defense Game (alternate site)

--> Cell Defense Worksheet

Final Transport Lab

Osmosis Worksheet

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Aquaporin Article w/ Assignment - [REQUIRED | NOT EXTRA CREDIT]

Missing Link: INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC / Abstract

Must Watch Videos for Assignment:

     Video

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Final Transport REVIEW - Review for Test [Study Guide Link is above]

--> Missing Passive Transport / Osmosis Link -> XX

Test Review Practice Questions - Really REALLY hard....

   --> Select "Chapter 7" and "40" Questions.....good luck...

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Unit Honors Only: Metabolism

TEXTBOOK - CELL RESPIRATION

TEXTBOOK - PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Study Guide

it's long, but nothing worth doing is easy

Part 1 - Cellular Respiration

Power Point1

Power Point2

Class Notes

Video: BOZEMAN

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Cell Respiration

RESPIRATION WQ - LONG

>>missing link > (#18+)

Part 2 - Photosynthesis

Power Point1

Power Point2

Power Point3

Video: BOZEMAN

Class Notes

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Photosynthesis and Respiration

Photosynthesis WQ


Unit III: Cellular Division

TEXTBOOK

Study Guide 1 - Mitosis / Cell Cycle

Study Guide 2 - Meiosis

Power Point1

Power Point2

>>alternate

Class Notes

Videos:

  Mitosis

  Stages of Mitosis

  Meiosis

  Stages of Meiosis

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Cell Cycle POGIL

MEIOSIS PHASES HOMEWORK 

>>Meiosis Interactive

Diploid/Haploid WS

>>GOOGLE DOC

>>Link to video

        Research Project

Project Explanation

Nondisjunction Disorders:

Turners Syndrome

Patau Syndrome

Down Syndrome

Edwards Syndrome

XXX

Klinefelters Syndrome

Jacobs Syndrome

PARTIAL NONDISJUNCTION DISORDER (not full!)

22Q Deletion

7Q Deletion


Unit IV: Genetics

TEXTBOOK

Study Guide

Capstone: Genetics Packet Assignment 

PPT - 1 : Mendel

PPT - 2 : Punnet Squares

PPT - 3 : Dihybrid Crosses

Video: Advanced Genetics  

Video: Amoeba Sisters Sex-Linked

Video: Blood Type and Genetics

Class Notes

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Group Work Problem Sets

Inventory of Traits

MAKE A BABY!

Basic Punnett Squares Practice

Sex-Linked Traits Webquest

Sex-Linked Practice - General Problems [Challenging!]

>>>NOTE - in this activity, a PLUS (+) sign next to a letter will mean it is DOMINANT

Blood Type Practice Problems - (Answer KEY)

Genetics Practice Problems


Part 2 - DNA and RNA

TEXTBOOK - DNA

TEXTBOOK - RNA

study guide: Use "DNA ASSIGNMENT" and "TRANSCRIPTION/TRANSLATION PRACTICE" items for study guide

STUDY GUIDE

  >Unit Power Points<

 Part 1 - DNA

 Part 2 - DNA Replication

 Part 3 - Protein Synthesis

  >Unit Videos<

Bozeman:

>History of DNA/RNA p1

>History of DNA/RNA p2

>DNA Replication Lecture

>DNA Replication Process

>Protein Synthesis Lecture

>Protein Synthesis Process

DANGER! CRASH COURSE! DANGER!:

DNA / Replication of DNA

Protein Synthesis

  >Unit Notes<

DNA, part 1 - History

DNA, part 2 - Structure

DNA, part 3 - Replication

Protein Synthesis, part 1 - Overview

Protein Synthesis, part 2 - RNA and Codons

Protein Synthesis, part 3 - Transcription / Translation

  >Unit Activities<

Daily Coloring/Assignments:

PART 1>Structure of DNA

PART 2>Replication of DNA

PART 3>Transcription+ Translation

  --> Practice: Creating a Protein from a DNA Segment

  --> Homework: Creating a Protein from a DNA Segment - PART 

Webquest Assignments:

WQ#1 - DNA Assignment - WQ

WQ#2 - Protein Assignment - WQ

>Lab Links

  PART 1 + 2 - everything you need can be accessed from this page.

  PART 3 - DNA Game

  PART 4 - Mutations Link


Unit V: Evolution

TEXTBOOK - Darwinian Evolution

TEXTBOOK - Microevolution

TEXTBOOK - Taxonomy

Study Guide part 1

Study Guide part 2

Power Point : Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

Class Notes: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

Videos:  Natural Selection - Evidence for Evolution - Microevolution - Speciation - Genetic Drift 

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Evidence for Evolution Enclosed Research

Videos: bozeman - crash course - amoeba

Sites: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7

Taxonomy

>>>Intro Video

Film Questions:

Part 6 - The Mind's Big Bang

Evolution Unit Labs:

Great Transformations (film) --> [film link]

Darwins Voyage

Microevolution and the Stickleback Fish

Option 1:

Modeling Natural Selection [Print/Submit Journal and Table]

Option 2:

Dinosaur Digging and Classifying Fossils [Print/Submit Lab Report and Quiz Results]


Unit VI: Ecology

TEXTBOOK - INTRO TO ECOLOGY

TEXTBOOK - COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS

TEXTBOOK - POPULATIONS

TEXTBOOK - HUMANS IN THE BIOSPHERE



Power Points :  

Intro to Ecology - chp3p1       chp3p2    chp3p3

Communities and Ecosystems - chp4p1    chp4p2    chp4p3    chp4p4

 Populations - chp5p1    chp5p2    chp5p3

Humans in the Biosphere - chp6p1    chp6p2    chp6p3    chp6p4



Class Notes:


Videos:  ecosystem ecology ~ population ecology ~ biosphere ecology (energy flow) ~ ecological succession


Binomial Nomenclature Project - part 1 - part 2 - FINAL

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